Alex Lawrence
Founder of Get Gains. Qualified nutritionist, lifter and software engineer.
Alex built Get Gains, and he writes and checks the guides and calculators on this site. He brings three things to the job: a nutrition qualification, two decades under a barbell, and close to as long building software for a living.
Background
- Nutrition: a qualified nutritionist.
- Lifting: 20 years of strength training.
- Software: 18 years as a software engineer, including roles as a principal engineer and as a technical co-founder and CTO.
- Writing: a former ghostwriter for fitness blogs.
What he cares about
Food, weights, tech and building things, plus cars and his Chihuahua, Peanut, who supervises most of the work. He’s a bright-side, no-nonsense sort: serious about getting the facts right, not so serious about himself. He values his own time and keeps working on himself, which is a fair summary of what Get Gains is for.
How he writes for Get Gains
Every guide and calculator cites its sources, shows its maths, and says plainly where the evidence is thin. Content is drafted with AI assistance, then fact-checked and edited by Alex. The full process, including the extra fact-check on nutrition pages, is in the editorial policy.
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